Press Roundup Wednesday 2 September 2009

By Press Office

September 2, 2009

A selection of stories from today's press and other media that relate to Ekklesia's work, produced daily by James Vincent and covering papers such as The Times, Daily Telegraph, Independent and Guardian.

Silvio Berlusconi rift with Vatican widens
An emerging rift between the Vatican and Silvio Berlusconi, the embattled Italian Prime Minister, has widened further after top church figures rallied to defend Dino Boffo, the Catholic editor whose private life was the subject of renewed attack by one of the premier’s newspapers yesterday.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6817783.ece

Iran moves to split UN with 'updated nuclear proposal'
US officials said last night that they were still awaiting concrete signs that Iran was ready to accede to demands that it cease its uranium enrichment programmes, despite reports from Tehran that the regime had fresh proposals to resolve the continuing standoff with the West.http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-moves-to-split-...

Terror suspect Ahmad Vahidi set to become Ahmadinejad's Defence Minister
A former Revolutionary Guard commander wanted by Interpol for masterminding the worst terrorist attack in Argentina looks set to become the new Iranian Defence Minister after parliament signalled that it would confirm the provocative choice.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6817578.ece

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